package gobot import ( "crypto/rand" "fmt" "math" "math/big" "time" ) // Every triggers f every t time.Duration until the end of days, or when a Stop() // is called on the Ticker that is returned by the Every function. // It does not wait for the previous execution of f to finish before // it fires the next f. func Every(t time.Duration, f func()) *time.Ticker { ticker := time.NewTicker(t) go func() { for { <-ticker.C f() } }() return ticker } // After triggers f after t duration. func After(t time.Duration, f func()) { time.AfterFunc(t, f) } // Rand returns a positive random int up to max func Rand(max int) int { i, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(max))) return int(i.Int64()) } // FromScale returns a converted input from min, max to 0.0...1.0. func FromScale(input, min, max float64) float64 { return (input - math.Min(min, max)) / (math.Max(min, max) - math.Min(min, max)) } // ToScale returns a converted input from 0...1 to min...max scale. // If input is less than min then ToScale returns min. // If input is greater than max then ToScale returns max func ToScale(input, min, max float64) float64 { i := input*(math.Max(min, max)-math.Min(min, max)) + math.Min(min, max) if i < math.Min(min, max) { return math.Min(min, max) } else if i > math.Max(min, max) { return math.Max(min, max) } else { return i } } // Rescale performs a direct linear rescaling of a number from one scale to another. func Rescale(input, fromMin, fromMax, toMin, toMax float64) float64 { return (input-fromMin)*(toMax-toMin)/(fromMax-fromMin) + toMin } // DefaultName returns a sensible random default name // for a robot, adaptor or driver func DefaultName(name string) string { return fmt.Sprintf("%s-%X", name, Rand(int(^uint(0)>>1))) }